.TH Kute 1 15-02-2009

.SH NAME
Kute - (K)eiths (U)niversal (T)ag (E)ditor

.SH SYNOPSIS

kute [OPTION]... [FILE]...

.SH DESCRIPTION
.TP
Read/Write tags to/from a music file including FLAC,AAC and MP3. Multiple files can be tagged simultaneously. Tags can also be removed (see examples). File type is found automatically (default) or can forced to a specific format.
.SH OPTIONS
.B r, --read-all
Print tags to stdout (default)
.TP
.B a, --artist=\fRARG
Set tag ARTIST to ARG
.TP
.B l, --album=\fRARG
Set tag ALBUM to ARG
.TP
.B n, --title=\fRARG
Set tag TITLE to ARG
.TP
.B t, --track=\fRARG
Set tag TRACK to ARG
.TP
.B T, --total-tracks=\fRARG
Set tag TOTALTRACKS to ARG
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.B C, --cd=\fRARG
Set tag CD to ARG
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.B i, --compilation=\fRARG
Set tag COMPILATION to ARG
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Note this is non standard and ARG should be 1 for part of a compilation or 0 for not
.TP
.B y, --year=\fRARG
Set tag YEAR to ARG
.TP
.B g, --genre=\fRARG
Set tag GENRE to ARG
.TP
.B m, --composer=\fRARG
Set tag COMPOSER to ARG
.TP
.B o, --comment=\fRARG
Set tag COMMENT to ARG
.TP
.B f, --force-flac
Don't try to guess the file type treat it as a FLAC file
.TP
.B c, --force-aac
Don't try to guess the file type treat it as an AAC file
.TP
.B p, --force-mp3
Don't try to guess the file type treat it as an MP3 file
.TP
.B ?,h, --help
Print this help

.SH EXAMPLES

kute "/media/LinuxData/Music/Buddy Holly/The Very Best Of Buddy Holly/01 That'll Be The Day.flac"
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Produces:
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FILENAME=/media/LinuxData/Music/Buddy Holly/The Very Best Of Buddy Holly/01 That'll Be The Day.flac
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FILETYPE=1
.br
TITLE=That'll Be The Day
.br
ARTIST=Buddy Holly
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ALBUM=The Very Best Of Buddy Holly
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TRACK=01
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TOTALTRACKS=20
.br
CD=
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GENRE=Rock & Roll
.br
YEAR=
.br
COMPILATION=
.br
COMPOSER=
.br
COMMENT=
.P
Set the title to "new title"
.P
kute --title="new title" "/media/LinuxData/Music/Buddy Holly/The Very Best Of Buddy Holly/01 That'll Be The Day.flac"
.P
Remove track number and track total
.P
kute --track= "/media/LinuxData/Music/Buddy Holly/The Very Best Of Buddy Holly/01 That'll Be The Day.flac"
.P
Set the album for "01 The Jean Genie.flac" \fBAND\fR "12 Diamond Dogs.flac" to "The Best of David Bowie"
.P
kute --album="The Best of David Bowie" "/media/LinuxData/Music/David Bowie/The Best of David Bowie/01 The Jean Genie.flac" "/media/LinuxData/Music/David Bowie/The Best of David Bowie/12 Diamond Dogs.flac"
.SH NOTES
Setting the track number, cd number, track total or compiliation to 0 will remove the tag.
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Forcing a file type onto a different file may cause unexpected results.
.br
.P
\fBAlways, ALWAYS use on a backup of the original, just in case!\fR
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.P
\fBFiletypes\fR
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1=FLAC
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2=AAC
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3=MP3
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4=UNKNOWN
.P
Removing the track tag will alo remove the total tracks tag.
.SH AUTHOR

Keith Hedger

.SH REPORTING BUGS
kdhedger@yahoo.co.uk

.SH COPYRIGHT

K.D.Hedger 2009


